Planter.



J. D. CHANTLER.

PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov.7.19u.

Patent-ed Mar. 4, 1919.

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Application filed November 7, 1917. Serial No. 200,740.

My invention relates to planters or seed droppers designed to beoperated` by hand and is primarily intended to drop a fixed f number ofgrains of corn, peas, beans or like seed at a stroke into a small trenchmade by the planter ready to be covered by the foot of the operator.

It is my object to produce a planter which will be light in weight,capable of being operated by one hand, which will not clog either at thehopper or the outlet, in which the hopper will be relatively stationaryand in which the planting may be regular at any desired depth.

In the accompanyin drawing Figure 1 is a side sectional view o myplanter; with the measuring 'plunger in raised position to transfer theseed to the transfer pocket; Fig. 2 a like view with the measuringplunger down to receive seed from the mass; Fig. 3 a view of the shovel;Fig. 4 a sectional view of the structure of Fig. 1 on the line 4-4 andFig. 5 a sectional view of the structure of Fig. 1 on the line 5-5.

In the operation of my planter five steps are employed; first, the massof the seed is located in the main part of the hopper; second, a smallermass is located in the eXtreme bottom of the'hopper; third, sufficientseed for one hill is selected from the small mass at the bottom andraised to a transfer chamber or pocket; fourth, the selected seed isplaced in the transfer pocket; and fth, the seed is discharged from thetransfer pocket to the ground.

The planter comprises a ho per 1 provided with a cover 2 and an inc inedbottom 3. The back wall is double, the pieces 4 and 5 having a spacebetween them into which the slide 6 extends and which space forms thedelivery chute to the ground. A stop 6 limits the downward travel of thes ide. The handle 7 is attached to the slide 6 and serves not only tocarry Vthe planter as a whole but also as the means for reciprocatingthe slide.

A deector plate 8 divides the hopper into two compartments. The innerback wall 4 has an opening or transfer pocket 9 cut therelspecificationof Letters Patent. Y

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in above the bottom 0f the hopper but'within the lower compartment.

The slide 6 is cut away at its lower end leaving a guide strip on eitherside'as shown in Fig. 4 and in dotted lines in Fig. 3 and a plate 10secured tothe slide guide strips bears against the face ofthe inner backwall 4 of the hopper and covers and uncovers the rear of the transferpocket on the reciprocation of the slide.

Attached to the lower end of the slide 6 is the measuring plunger 11which extends upward into the lower compartment of the hopper through aclose fitting slot in the bottom and which plunger bears against theinner face of the hopper wall 4. This measuring plunger is pocketed atits upper end 12 and is also beveled oif as shown to facilitate itspassage through Vthe seed.

A shovel 13 is secured to the outer face of the slide 6 by the slots14--14 and screws 15-15 and may be adjusted up or down to determine thedepth of planting, through the holes 17-17 in the back wall 5.

. In operation the seed is thrown into the hopper and a small portionwill find its way down the inclined bottom and under the deflector asshown in Fig. 1. On pushing the handle and slide down the measuringplunger will travel down with it, and, at the bottom of the stroke,will'pick up enough seed for one hill. Gn raising the handle the plungerwill travel up with the seed in its pocket until it alines with thetransfer pocket in the back wall of the hopper when the seed will passinto the transfer pocket but will be held therein by the plate 10 whichhas traveled up with the plunger to cover the outlet. On pushing theslide down a second time the plate 10 travels down and uncovers the backof the transfer pocket and the seed falls down the shovel or spacebetween the double walls of the back of the hopper and is delivered tothe trench made by the shovel which has been pushed into the ground andgiven a slight movement sidewise. The seed is then covered by a slightpressure of the foot of the operator. By the mechanism and method ofoperation above described all the operator has to do is to push theshovel into the ground and lift the planter to put the seed into thetrench re-ady` to cover.

As the seed never lies against the opening Vor transfer pocket there isno danger of clogging at that point and as the measuring plunger isconstantly reciprocating through the small mass of seed at the bottom ofthehopper there is no danger ofpacking or jamming. As theoutletichuteisa sioftth"esee'ds`l Yand uncover the exit side ofthetransfer are deposited in the ground in a line and have a chance to growwithout crowding and" as the bottom of the outlet chute is always abovethesurface'offthe fg'round by reason o'f-'the' protruding extension ofthe back wall l 5 it has no chance to become clogged with dirt.

I claim A planter comprising: a-hopper provided Y withanoutletabovethebottom, saidfo'utlet 'Y forminga transfer pocketadaptedio contain ameasured amount ofseed, a fdele'ctorpl'ate within fthe' hopperdividingfit into an upper 4andfa lower compartment, a measuring-plungerreciprocating. ,within the hopperl in f line with f the transfer lpooket'wadapted to deliver seed from the hopper to the transfer pocket,

.copisf thispateut-may.bei-obtained fr five cents .eachgbyWashingtonfDfG a slide on the outside ofthe hopper in line with thetransfeirpocket reciprocating with theuneasuringpiurrgr and adapted tocover pocket, a back wall spaced from the hopper and extending below thesame and adapted to" contactlwith the ground, a handlefadaptedtoreciprocatebetween the back wall and the hopper and having a deliverychute in its lower end and carrying ythe-measuringy .p1-ungerandoutside-slide7 and a shovel'rigidly -secuiedfte thelowerendfof thehandler In testimony whereof, I have Signed name :tofthijs'spe'cifica-tion in rthe presence ofYtwoLsubseribingf-witnessersiY l JAMES D. CHANTLER.

Witnesses:

Renn B. KLLLGoRE, MAR-Y ML "LIPPA,

addressing the Commissioner ofl'Patents,

